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till; watch for; watch (случая; to wait for (a chance, opportunity etc.) • Watch your chance, and then run); mark time; bide one's time; play a waiting game; sit on the hedge; wait to see (what/when, etc. bookworm); bide time; wait (for); wait for (the right moment); temporize; buy time (VLZ_58); bide (тж. см. bide one's time Taras); take one's time; cool the heels; wait out; wait till the end of; see how the cat jumps; see which way the cat jumps; sit tight (The best thing to do is to sit tight and see if things improve)

Gruzovik

wait for (impf of выждать)

Игорь Миг

wait in the wings; look on; stay out of the fray; be on the fence

amer.

sit on the rail; sit out (не предпринимать каких-либо действий Val_Ships); hunker down (Евгений Тамарченко)

explan.

sit tight (В.И.Макаров)

fig.

lie in wait (The opposition was quietly lying in wait for the incumbent to make his first big mistake. • Agents for the anti-money sector have lain in wait for months to see if the corporation would fall for their new sting operation. 4uzhoj)

fig.of.sp.

hold out for something (чего-либо Vadim Rouminsky)

idiom.

wait for the cat to jump (Yeldar Azanbayev)

hedge; take one's time; watch out for; wait till something is over

Makarov., amer.

straddle the fence